Avinash Jhangiani

Dr. Avinash Jhangiani is a visiting faculty in Executive Education at Mahindra University. He is a senior award-winning design-led innovation and digital transformation leader with more than two decades of experience in USA and India with Big 4 US Consulting, large MNC (Chief Information Officer) and global marketing agency (Managing Director and Chief Innovation Officer). From the time Jhangiani won Deloitte CEO’s Innovation Quest Award in the US for his idea on Enterprise Sustainability Services in 2006 to leading the digital and mobility team at Omnicom Group’s agency – PHD Media – that took home 4 Gold Lions along with a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions festival of creativity in 2014, he has been at the forefront of driving disruptive innovation for global brands and businesses.

As founder CEO and Chief Facilitator of Play2Transform Group, Jhangiani uses principles of human-centric design and play as a catalyst to accelerate innovation and transformation. These strategic training, workshop, coaching, and consulting services activate new age mindsets while fostering a culture of co-creation, empathy, disruptive creativity and agility for large enterprises across industries, such as Amazon, HP, LinkedIn, Cipla, Coursera, Deutsche Bank, Essar Group, Belden, Tata Communications, InMobi, Dentsu Inc, Samsung, among others. He also serves as a senior Design Thinking and Leadership faculty at Emeritus’ ISB and Wiley’s IIM Lucknow Executive Education Programs, NMIMS, S. P. Jain School of Global Management, among others. Jhangiani obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA, and a doctoral degree in business administration with a specialization in play and design-led innovation from Swiss School of Business and Management Geneva, Switzerland. As a part of a large social impact project called ‘Dream On, India!’, Jhangiani curated India’s first Book of Dreams co-authored by more than 10,000 children, that has been endorsed by ASG, Supreme Court of India and a Nobel Peace Laureate. He is the author of the refreshing, best-selling leadership book titled, ‘Play to Transform: How Your Inner Child Can Accelerate Change and Rehumanize Business’, published by Penguin Random House and endorsed by Sam Pitroda, Harsh Mariwala, Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, among others notable visionaries.